The City Council is expected to vote Monday on whether to confirm Gregory Watson as Portland’s Housing & Economic Development director.
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Portland’s director of health and human services has resigned
Kristen Dow submitted her resignation on Oct. 30 and will leave the role on Dec. 1.
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Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, Politics
Mark Dion elected Portland mayor after ranked-choice runoff
Election officials gathered at City Hall on Wednesday morning to calculate the results of the ranked-choice ballots after none of the 5 candidates received more than 50% of the vote.
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Fournier, Bullett and Sykes win Portland City Council races
Councilor April Fournier was reelected to an at-large seat, with Anna Bullett and Kate Sykes taking district seats.
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Portland mayor to be decided in ranked-choice runoff; Mark Dion leads
The final unofficial tallies Tuesday night showed Dion was leading with about 40% of the vote, triggering a ranked-choice runoff that will be tabulated Wednesday morning.
Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, Politics
Mayoral candidates see a bright future for Portland
They envision a city with robust public transit and plenty of housing. They each think they can get us there.
Posted inElection 2023, Local & State, Politics
Portland mayoral candidates frustrated with federal work rules as asylum seekers look to start new lives
The limitations of the city’s power over asylum seekers’ work authorization processes has left the five candidates in the Nov. 7 election feeling like there is little they can do, but that won’t stop them from trying.
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Candidates for Portland City Council District 5 seat look to housing as top issue
Matthew Buonopane, a commercial lender, and Kate Sykes, who recently co-chaired the Maine Democratic Socialists of America’s electoral committee, are vying to fill the seat currently held by Mark Dion, who is running for mayor.
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Affordable housing remains scarce in Portland. Mayoral candidates want to fix that.
Housing in the city has become less and less affordable, especially over the past few years. The 5 candidates on the Nov. 7 ballot want to offer Portlanders affordable options without changing the city’s character.
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Two political newcomers vie for District 4 Portland City Council seat
Anna Bullett is a program director at the Opportunity Alliance and Sam Cady is an ophthalmologist with an office on Marginal Way.